Follow-Up

In
July
2003,
when
the
national
council
overseeing
medical
education
limited
residents’
work
hours
to
no
more
than
80
per
week,
medical
school
faculty
and
hospital
staff
around
the
country
saw
the
intervention
as
a
mixed
blessing
[See
“Recreating
the
Residency,”
Fall/Winter
2004].
On
the
one
hand,
the
Accreditation
Council
for
Graduate
Medical
Education
was
responding
to
public
fears
that
overworked
residents
might
make
poor
medical
decisions;
on
the
other
hand,
fewer
hours
on
duty
carry
the
risk
of
less
continuity
of
care.At
the
School
of
Medicine,
balancing
these
two
concerns
has
called
for
flexibility.
“We’ve
had
to
adapt
continually,
and
we’re
still
adapting,”
said
Rosemarie
L.
Fisher,
M.D.,
HS
’75,...